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    <center>Scilab Function</center>
    <div align="right">Last update : 28/06/2004</div>
    <p>
      <b>clear_pixmap</b> - erase the pixmap
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      <font color="blue">Calling Sequence</font>
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        <tt>clear_pixmap()</tt>
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      <font color="blue">Description</font>
    </h3>If a graphic window <tt>
      <b>pixmap</b>
    </tt> property is <tt>
      <b>"on"</b>
    </tt>
    the drawings are send to a pixmap memory instead of the screen display.
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    <p>The <tt>
        <b>clear_pixmap()</b>
      </tt> instruction erase the pixmap, but not
    the screen.</p>
    <p></p>The pixmap mode can be used to obtain smooth animations.<h3>
      <font color="blue">See Also</font>
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      <a href="figure_properties.htm">
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          <b>figure_properties</b>
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      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="show_pixmap.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>show_pixmap</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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      <font color="blue">Author</font>
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    <p>Serge Steer INRIA</p>
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